Originally posted by Hateslife:
I can't stop worrying about the HSF and its installation; It consumes my thoughts, day and night.

1. What's the worst that could happen if I put on too much grease?
It can insulate your CPU and minimise the effects of the heatsink, thereby raising your temps a lot.


2. Does the grease conduct heat better than the metal-to-cpu touching directly(That is, in a perfect world, in which the heatsink bottom and cpu core surface are perfectly shaped to the atomic level)
I'm not 100% sure, but I'd say that perfect world scenario would be much better than any possible arctic silver scenario found today.


2. Is it a really bad thing to get grease on the ceramic?
No, unless you hate mess. You can always clean the stuff off.


[This message has been edited by Mandorallen of Molynnr (edited July 10, 2001).]